PEM Events for May and June

We are so very lucky to have the Peabody Essex Museum here in Salem.  There is such a wealth of both exhibits and special programming, that there is always something to do and see there.  The following is their list of upcoming activities:

MAY


Thursday, May 5
9:30 am
Reservations by May 3
Members $15

Members-Only Gallery Talk: Golden: Dutch and Flemish Masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection.

Also Tuesday, May 24, and Saturday, June 18. Space is limited. Members $15. Curator Karina Corrigan leads these tours.

Sunday, May 8
11 am - 3 pm
Garden Restaurant

Mother’s Day Brunch
For Reservations and Information, Call 978-745-9500, ext. 3157

Brunch $36 (children under 12, $15.95) plus tax & gratuity
Members get 10% discount

Celebrate Mother’s Day with a sumptuous brunch prepared by Hawthorne Catering and served in the Garden Restaurant. Visit the museum galleries* and the Museum Shop, where you can exchange your brunch voucher for a complimentary gift just for Mom! *Museum admission rates apply for nonmembers.

Friday, May 13
2 - 9 pm
Morse Auditorium and Atrium

Massachusetts Poetry Festival
Reservations for Some Events by May 12

Activities at PEM include readings, poetry set to music, My Favorite Poem, with celebrity readers, and expressive arts inspired by the museum’s collection. FREE for Poetry Festival Attendees. Visit pem.org/calendar

Saturday, May 14
10 am - 4 pm

Massachusetts Poetry Festival

See May 13 listing.

Saturday, May 14
1 - 3 pm
FREE with Museum Admission
All Ages
Art Studios

Studio Saturday: Sculpt Chinese Guardian Lions
Use clay to create your own guardian lion, inspired by PEM’s magnificent lions.

Sunday, May 15
2 - 3 pm
Reservations by May 13
Children Ages 5-8 with Adult

StoryTrails: Cover the Earth with Green

Read Mama Miti and discover the story of Nobel Peace Prize–winner Wangari Maathai. Try fabric printing.

Friday, May 20
1 - 5 pm Seminar, 5 - 6:30 pm Reception

Huis ten Bosch, A 17th-Century Dutch Palace

Members and Seniors $30, Nonmembers $50, Students $15

(Includes lectures, coffee break and evening reception)

Huis ten Bosch Palace, the current home of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, was built in the 1640s as a summer residence for the Dutch Stadtholder. Join distinguished scholars for an in-depth exploration of the palace, its gardens and the Oranjezaal, a grand hall filled with paintings by leading Dutch and Flemish artists.

Saturday, May 21
1 pm
Meet at Information Desk
Reservations by May 6

Gallery Talk: FreePort[No. 002]: Marianne Mueller

Space is limited; Photography Curator Phillip Prodger leads this tour.

Tuesday, May 24
11 am
Meet at Ropes Mansion Garden, 318 Essex St., Salem

Garden Program: Wake Your Garden from Winter’s Slumber
FREE
For Adults

It’s time to greet fresh green shoots from brown garden beds. What we do in spring sets the tone for the seasons ahead. Join gardener Robin Pydynkowski, of Cape Ann Tree Service, as she shares gardening tips and design strategies for the Ropes Mansion Garden, and answers your gardening questions. Made possible by the Ropes Botanical Garden Lecture Fund.Reservations by May 20.

Tuesday, May 24
9:30 am
Reservations by May 22
Members $15

Members-Only Gallery Talk: Golden: Dutch and Flemish Masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection.

Also Saturday, June 18. Space is limited. Curator Karina Corrigan leads these tours.

JUNE

Sunday, June 5
2 - 3 pm
Meet at Information Desk
Reservations by June 3

StoryTrails: Going Buggy!
For Children Ages 5 to 8 with Adult

Meet David Biedrzycki, author and illustrator of the Ace Lacewing series! Discover how real insects influenced his illustrations, and try some drawing techniques.

Saturday, June 11
11 am - 5:30 pm
All Programs FREE with Museum Admission

Celebrating Surrealism Festival: Man Ray
Lee Miller, Partners in Surrealism

Opening day films, art and personal accounts enliven the discussion of Surrealism and two artists who forever shaped the discipline: Man Ray and Lee Miller. PEM Photography Curator Phillip Prodger introduces the Man Ray films. Reservations for films and presentations by June 10. Note: Films are for adults. Viewer discretion advised: nudity.

11 am & 1 pm
Meet at Information Desk
Reservations by June 11

Docent-Led Gallery Tours: Man Ray
Lee Miller, Partners in Surrealism

Tickets available on day of tour.
11 am
Morse Auditorium
For Adults

Short Films: Man Ray’s Le Retour à la Raison (Return to Reason) and Emak-Baki

For Le Retour à la Raison, Man Ray placed objects over film inside a darkroom, and then turned on the lights to print their shadows. There is no audio track. 1923, 3 minutes. Viewer discretion advised: nudity. Emak-Bakiais a series of unrelated images, revolving and often distorted. 1926, 16 minutes.

11:30 am
Morse Auditorium
For Adults

Film: Man Ray — Prophet of the Avant-Garde

Follow Man Ray from New York to his achievements in Paris and finally, to the impact his work left for future generations in a variety of fields. Recovered archival materials include candid film footage shot by Man Ray, a never-before-seen video interview and drawings from his student days that have not been seen since 1908. 1999, 60 minutes.

1 - 2 pm
Morse Auditorium

Presentation: Introducing Surrealism

Surrealism is one of modern art’s most exciting, baffling and riveting isms. Lynda Hartigan, The James B. and Mary Lou Hawkes Chief Curator of PEM, and Phillip Prodger, PEM photography curator, unravel the fascinating world of images and ideas that Surrealist artists explored in paintings, sculptures, collages and photographs. A Q&A follows.

1 - 3 pm
Art Studios

Studio Saturday: Automatic Drawing

Draw without lifting pen from paper and without looking at the shapes being formed. Then, look for the “hidden” shapes and figures to create a work visible only to your eyes and mind.

3 - 4 pm
Morse Auditorium
For Adults

Presentation: The Legendary Lee Miller, with Antony Penrose

Explore the life of Lee Miller, told with reference to those with whom she exchanged creative inspiration — artists and photographers Man Ray, Roland Penrose, Pablo Picasso and David E. Scherman, and her father, Theodore Miller, and son, Antony Penrose. Antony Penrose’s presentation has been acclaimed for its ability to embrace different levels of the history of art and photography, social commentary and emotional connection with the subject — his mother. A Q&A follows.

4:15 pm
Morse Auditorium

Film: Lee Miller — Through the Mirror

Lee Miller’s son, Antony Penrose introduces the film.Lee Miller, a photographer, Vogue model and muse to artist Man Ray, lived a full life. Inspired by the artists’ community in Montparnasse, France, in the 1930s, she made a name for herself as a post-Surrealist photographer and a war correspondent. 2006, 55 minutes. Directed by Sylvain Roumette.

Saturday, June 18
9:30 am
Reservations by June 16
Members $15

Members-Only Gallery Talk: Golden: Dutch and Flemish Masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection.

Space is limited. Curator Karina Corrigan leads these tours.

Saturday, June 18
10 am - 4 pm
All Programs FREE with Museum Admission

Weekend Festival: Splish Splash!

Enjoy a wet and wonderful day at PEM in celebration of Ripple Effect, The Art of H20’s opening in the interactive Art & Nature Center! Free icy treats from Rita’s of Salem, from 1 to 3 pm.

9:30 - 11 am
East India Marine Hall
Reservations by June 15

Opening Day Breakfast for Family Members

Bubble artist Keith Michael Johnson reveals the science and art of bubbleology. Bagels, muffins and fruit will be provided.

10 am - 12:30 pm
Atrium

Artist Demonstration: Shimmering Surfaces — Painting Water
Talk to artist Jim Chisholm as he demonstrates techniques for painting natural scenes.

10 am - 1 pm
Art Studios

Drop-in Art Activity: Ice Cube Painting

Create multicolored paintings with ice cube “brushes.”

11 - 11:30 am & 2:15 - 2:45 pm
Meet at Information Desk

Family Gallery Tours: Watery We
Ages 5 and Up with Adult

Explore how water shapes our view of the world, on this special tour of the Maritime and American Art galleries. Tickets Available On Day of Tour.

11 am - 2 pm
Atrium

Artist Demonstrations: Shaping Ice

Meet artist and master ice carver Craig McConnell, from Images in Ice, and watch a sculpture take form.

11 am - 2 pm
Atrium

Sculpting Water

Ripple Effect featured artist Cornelia Kubler Kavanagh sculpts tsunami waves and glacial moulins. Watch her in action, and create your own forms inspired by water.

11:30 am - noon & 1:30 - 2pm
Atrium

Performances: Cloacina’s Adventures and Other Stories

Award-winning storyteller Diane Edgecomb brings water to life with her performance of folklore and original stories.

11:30 am - 3 pm
Atrium and Essex Street Pedestrian Mall

Performances: Silver Swimmers

Dressed in 1900s swimming costumes and silver body paint, the Silver Swimmers silently swim in a world where air feels like water.

Noon - 3 pm
Art Studios

Drop-in Art Activity: Coffee Filter Chromatography

Water reveals the hidden color patterns lurking in a box of markers.

Noon - 3 pm
Atrium

Interactive Games: A Splash of Fun

Eureka! Puzzles, in Brookline, Mass., returns to PEM with puzzles and games featuring water.

Noon - 3 pm
Asian Garden

Installation: Watermist Sculptures

Meet artist Joan Brigham, creator of Watermist, a series of interactive mist sculptures installed in the Asian Garden in conjunction with the Ripple Effect exhibition. Watermist is on view June 18–August 25.

12:30 - 1:30 pm
Morse Auditorium
Reservations by June 16

Artist Presentation: From Ice to Steam
For Adults and Children Ages 7 and Up

Walter Wick, featured photographer in Ripple Effect and co-creator of the acclaimed I Spy series, takes you behind the scenes of his award-winning book A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder.

1 - 4 pm
Atrium

Drop-in Art Activity: Watercolor Painting

Create a water-inspired still life with the help of painter and arts educator Jim Chisholm.

3­­ - 4 pm
Atrium

Performance: The Secret World of Bubbles

Bubbleologist Keith Michael Johnson creates an Eiffel Tower. Find out how water, soap and air interact to create bubble art, and maybe even stand inside a bubble!

Wednesday, June 29
9:30 am
Meet At Information Desk
Reservations by June 28

Members-only Gallery Talk: Man Ray
Lee Miller, Partners in Surrealism

Photography Curator Phillip Prodger leads this tour. Members $15.

Thursday, June 30, 5:30-8:30 pm
No Reservations Required

NEW! Summer Evening Series: Art After Hours

Members and Salem Residents $8, Nonmembers $10
Cash Bar

Experience PEM and its special exhibitions in a new way… after hours. Bring friends and join us for a summer garden party, once each month in June, July and August. Enter though Asian Garden on Essex Street.

The first Art After Hours event, Soundscapes, is offered in conjunction with FreePort[No. 003]: Susan Philipsz. Sound artists James Forrest, Scott Buchanan and Noel Snow create unexpected atmospheres using voice, acoustic and electric instruments, recorded music and digitally created sound. Modern dancer Sarah Slifer and her ensemble offer an immersive dance performance in East India Marine Hall. Also, make your own sound art, listen to tracks from the DIY recording projects The RPM Challenge and hear what’s new from Dorkbot Boston, a group inspired by the creative blending of art, science and electricity.

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I hope to see you here, or there!

Juli